My Son

*Hums Viva la Vida as I quickly set this up so I can go have some dinner before 8*

If I had told myself 5 years ago that Midnight would look after a son, I'd be... incredulous. Like, "What? Midnight? Happy-go-lucky, never settle down, I'd rather DIE first, Midnight? THAT one? *long pause* ... Sure. If you say so." Haha... Character development, am I right?

This boy makes a surprising good parent. He'll deny it, believing himself to be that one uncle-figure who acts as a terrible influence... But when something really counts, he'll roll up his sleeves and try really hard. And I think Ruby knows this. 

She knows Midnight wont do a lot of things for himself, but when it's for someone else - maybe not anyone, but someone - he'll legit go to great lengths to make sure they're happy and have everything they need.

And Flavio really needed that. He needed Midnight.

... Maybe I should talk about the Castle Trio some time? Could be relevant. Might give you a better idea of who I'm talking about...

*...*

Eh. Later. :)

Enjoy your weekend, folks.

Worth It

This week has just felt like a whole lotta Mondays to me, with the odd Sunday thrown in for variant flavor. I'm not sure how I felt about that, but it's... Wait, no. I still have to deal with this for a little bit longer. But then afterwards, on Tuesday, it should all be back to normal!

Normally I'd be pleased to have so many day offs, but I guess I wasn't in the right mental state to appreciate them this week... Ah well

 Drew a fair bit of UV, though. Despite my feelings.

Here's a quickie I drew this afternoon. :)

Midnight may be king of a small backwater town which only serves as a stopping point for adventurers, but that doesn't stop him from having fun sometimes!

And by fun, I mean throwing himself bodily off a cliff to avoid going to a council meeting of all the local kings under Richard's Rule.

He sent Reginald and Ruby in his place, though. Ruby was NOT happy with that, but she went anyway.

'Responsible', and all that.

But she made Harland force Midnight to stay indoors for the next two weeks. But of course Mid didn't mind.

.... Until Reginald dropped two tons of paperwork on top of him and cheerily suggested that, "WELLLL, since you're stuck in here for a wee bit, how about we get these sorted out, yea?"

Midnight had regrets. XD

PMD - Team Sweet

Hello again! Glad to see you all here again. 

I've uh... been busy this week. Distracted. Occupied with my thoughts.

...

I'll explain briefly.

Okay. So. After we got back from our Grandparent's place on Monday (we were dropping off my sister back to College... like you do), I started playing PMD DX for the first time, and didn't do anything else until I had finished the main story 3 days later. I had played all the other Mystery Dungeon games, expect Blue/Red Rescue team, so naturally I was pretty excited about it!

I had already decided I was going to play what the game chose for me the first time round, then replay it with the Pokemon of my own choosing. And I got Treecko. Which surprised (and irritated me) a little bit, because I don't... well...

I prefer fire types more. 

That's... the nicest way I can put it. 

I don't want to be mean to the grass type class - they have some pretty cool Pokemon in their ranks! And they're useful for taking care of those pesky Water and Ground types. And they can learn some pretty sweet moves! But I prefer them to be my partner. Not to actually be one. If that makes sense...

Well, anyway. I accepted my fate gracefully enough, and after a few minutes hesitation, picked Torchic as my buddy - bringing back an old partner from a previous PMD game. I figured I'd tag-team her a lot if I didn't like how my 'character' played. 

But it turns out I didn't need to that much!

I had a lot of fun blasting foes from halfway across the room with Dragon Pulse and slamming them in the face with Iron Tail! Haha, I had no idea Treecko's could have so many ridiculously powerful moves right out the gate! It was awesome! Breezed through the first few bosses, only coming into trouble with the volcano levels and stuff... But playing all the other Mystery Dungeon games had prepared me well. Got through them all without having to restart a level once. :)

And now that I've finished the main story, I've been having a lot of thoughts about these two... Rewriting their story to make things more interesting and personal. More conflict. Character development.

... Dunno what to do with it all, though.

*Shrugs* Eh. Guess I don't have to do anything with it. It's fun. And it's for me.

But it would be pretty cool if I could make it into something...

Anyway.

*Waves you all off and turns on PMD DX again*

UV Ramblings with AppleStorm

Well... I've decided to do something I don't think I've ever done since I started this whole "Posting pictures I've drawn on a Saturday night" thing. And that is, not to post a picture. That I drew.
... On a Saturday night.

Mainly because It's already Thursday (as I write this) and I have the sneaking suspicion I'm not going to be drawing at all this week. It's just... not a good week.

So instead I shall be talking a bit more about UV. Mainly just about what's on my mind, but hopefully it will still be enjoyable. Rambling, but enjoyable.

*****

Right. Ok. So... Ruby DeathDancer. I'm sure most of you guys are familiar with the character; Red kangaroo, Vampire, went to a not-vampire school and met a buncha life-long friends and family (and Midnight). Bookworm, tired voice of reason, potions expert... also has a Grandmother who's immortal. And a sandwich obsessed spider who's also immortal.

Yup. That was her age 15.

But uh, here's a thing... I have never spent a day in school in my entire life. Not one. Which was probably pretty obvious to anyone who did. But my 12 year old self really wanted to write in a school setting. Like, REALLY wanted to. Which was cool, I guess. But even a preteen me felt that, unless I actually went to a real school, I couldn't capture the 'right spirit' of the story I had grown so attached to. I still did it, but... obviously I trailed off to more generic adventures later on. Too scared to try and explore something I felt I would get wrong, not matter how much I researched or read about.

Maybe that's why I'm still so... hesitant, to revisit Ruby's teen-hood. Oh, BEFORE she went to high-school, absolutely no problem. Some mundane Vampire shenanigans of a quiet, angry little home-schooled girl trying to gain approval and attention from her Grandma gives me lots of stories. To say nothing of K&D, with big-brother affection, protection, and teasing for their feisty little sister.

Would also give me a chance to explore some Vampic Culture. And how Ruby's family go completely against that.

And the parents. Yeah. Them too... 

*deep concentrated look of pure resentment for Ruby's mother. But not the father. He tried his best.*

And after she graduates, she and Sapphire, Ollie, Harland and Midnight all go off on an almost 1-year road-trip around New Zealand in an old van which totally wasn't stolen. Until Midnight's parents caught up with him and forcibly crowned him... and put him under house arrest. Ruby and Harland stuck around with him (to keep him company) and got married after a few years, while Sapphire buggered off and started doing her own thing. Got hooked up with an amateur adventuring team and never looked back. She visits occasionally, but she's got her own separate story now. Ollie went to university and became an engineer of some sorts. Probably computer or electrical. Or both. Also got married and moved to Ireland. Still kept in touch with Ruby, though.

Then when Reginald comes in, that's when things really start kicking off! Midnight finally has someone competent to do the taxes with, and Ruby and Harland's business - The Déjá Brew - starts doing well. It's a little coffee cafe, potion shop, and pub in the more 'magic friendly' part of town. Although in Bandwell everything's magic friendly, but... *waves hand* More so.

And when all the kids start turning up...
Yeah.

I've got lots of material, as you can see. It's just...

That middle bit still bothers me.

Intellectually I know a high school is just a group of different personalities with bad coping and people skills, with lots of hilarious mistakes and stories and dramas and stuff. Which is 90% of what my story is anyway. But another part of me leans heavily on the "Write what you Know", and I know NOTHING about that kinda world. It's frustrating.

Hmm.. but then a part of me is glad I never had to go through all of that. Would have probably damaged me more than benefited. 

Eh. Who needs friends your own age, anyway? A twin sister is a thousand times better, any day of the week. And older people are more interesting. Plus, it would have meant I couldn't have spent so much time learning to draw or write, or anything I was actually interested in.

Yeah. Maybe this was for the best...

But anyway.

I'm getting tired... I'll wrap this up and go watch some more Discworld Noir. And finish reading Terry Pratchett's GUARDS! GUARDS!

It's only taken me about 3 days to finish it. A very lovely, non-stressful way to spend your free time, I must say.

See you, guys. :)